At least six ICE detainees and five facility employees at the Otay Mesa Detention Center have tested positive for the infection
that there were four confirmed cases among its detainees as of Sunday, but the website was not updated to reflect those additional cases until Wednesday.
As of March 30, ICE had identified about 600 vulnerable detainees and released “more than 160,” the agency said Tuesday. But that review may be too late for certain high-risk detainees who were already potentially exposed to the virus and are now part of what ICE refers to as a “cohort.” For detainees at Otay Mesa Detention Center’s J pod, the unit that had the first confirmed COVID-19 infection at the facility, cohorting is anxiety-inducing — particularly for those who know they have conditions that would make them more likely to have severe symptoms.
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